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How Safe Are Radiation Doses in Diagnostic Radiology? A Historical Perspective and Review of Current Evidence

The “no dose is safe” linear no-threshold (LNT) model forms the basis for radiation safety in radiology practice. This model has its origins in observations of germline mutations in fruit flies exposed to X-rays. After World War II, quantitative risk estimates of radiation injury are primarily deriv...

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Autor principal: Moorthy, Srikanth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8590548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34790311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1735927